The World's Most Expensive Japanese Whiskey Just Sold For $343,000

The world’s most expensive bottle of Japanese whiskey was recently sold at auction. The price? A staggering $343,000.

The bottle was a rare 50-year-old bottle of Yamazaki, and was sold at the Bonhams Whisky Sale in Hong Kong in August, Insider reports.

The whiskey was expected to go for a large amount, although not that high. It was expected to sell between $229,310 to $305,749. The bottle was sold to an anonymous buyer from Asia.

Before this sale, the record for the most expensive bottle of Japanese whiskey ever sold belonged to a bottle of Karuizawa 1960 50-year-old “The Dragon.” It was auctioned off for $312,130. And the record holder before that was a different bottle of Yamazaki that was sold for $299,000.

Japanese whiskey has seen a bit of a boom over the past few years. It’s gotten so popular, in fact, that a lot of the older Japanese whiskeys have started to sell out, leading to higher price points for the category overall.